{"id":4158,"date":"2010-01-20T08:14:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T02:24:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-01-11T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T18:48:19","slug":"arkel-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/arkel-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkel Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a car but prefer to get around the city by bike as much as possible. I own a pair of Arkel&#8217;s  grocery bag-style  panniers &#8212; higher-end versions of the previously reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/grocery-bag-pan\/\">Grocery Bag Panniers<\/a> &#8212; which are great for shopping and commuting by bike, but I found myself wanting the carrying convenience of a backpack, so my hands would be free when I was off my bike. Arkel&#8217;s Bug was the best I found in this category.<\/p>\n<p>I love this bag primarily because converting it to a very comfortable, functional backpack is as simple as pulling the shoulder straps from underneath a pair of Velcro flaps once I&#8217;ve removed the bag from my bike&#8217;s rear rack. The padding in the straps is good, and I have to remember to move a metal hook, so it doesn&#8217;t stick me in the back, but that&#8217;s easy. Carrying capacity is a little smaller than that of the grocery bag panniers, though still sufficient for my needs. Two small mesh pockets along with an easy-access  zippered  pocket on the Bug&#8217;s exterior make stowing and retrieving my water  bottle and other frequent-use items a breeze. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"arkel2sm.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/arkel2sm.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"341\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/>  <\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best pannier-backpack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[86],"tags":[998],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8646,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions\/8646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}